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Team

Faculty, doctoral and master’s researchers of the Biomass Conversion Research Group.

Since 2008

Founding members

The group was established in 2008

Dr. Aqeel Ahmed Bazmi
Dr. Aqeel Ahmed Bazmi Founder Professor and Chairman, Department of Chemical Engineering. Renewable energy and natural resources, process system engineering, biochemical processes, sustainability.
Dr. Moinuddin Ghauri
Dr. Moinuddin Ghauri Founding member, patron and consultant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering. Biomass to energy and useful products.
Faculty

Members of the group

Department of Chemical Engineering, CUI Lahore

Dr. M. Shahzad Khurram Dr. M. Shahzad Khurram Associate Professor. Head of the group. Fluidized bed hydrodynamics, biomass and coal gasification, waste to energy.
Dr. Abdul Razzaq Dr. Abdul Razzaq Assistant Professor. Photocatalysis for environmental remediation and solar fuels, dye and quantum dot sensitized solar cells, hybrid anodes for MFC.
Dr. Syed Awais Bukhari Dr. Syed Awais Bukhari Assistant Professor. Sustainable energy, renewable energy and environment.
Doctoral researchers

PhD students

Zeeshan Hameed
Zeeshan Hameed Gasification of blends of biomass and municipal solid wastes for energy production
Naila Amin
Naila Amin Catalytic gasification of municipal solid waste for energy production
Razia Talib
Razia Talib Efficiency enhancement of a thermal power plant using multiple waste heat streams in an organic Rankine cycle
Zaheer Ahmad
Zaheer Ahmad Resource recovery and biofuel production from waste corncob
Postgraduate researchers

Master’s students

Muhammad Tahseen Sadiq
Muhammad Tahseen Sadiq Co-pyrolysis of agricultural biomass residue for the production of biofuel in a fixed bed reactor
Arsal Javaid
Arsal Javaid Machine learning to optimise biomass conversion processes